Flier.



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FLIER.

APPLICATION FILED APR.17,19'08.

909,4=26. Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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WILKINSON KNOWLES, OF MARIE'ITA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FLIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

Application filed April 17, 1908. Serial No. 427,961.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILKINSON KNOWLES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Marietta, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fliers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to fliers of that class which are used in connection with spinning machinery, and is designed for the purpose of twisting the strands of thread as they are taken direct from the spool and thus doing away with the present method of having to reel the strands into skeins and again winding them upon spools before being wound upon the quills.

By the use of my present invention the above two operations are eliminated and the required number of threads are wound directly upon the quills from the spool as received from the winding machine and are given the required number of twists at the same time and by the same operation, thus reducing the labor and expense.

To accomplish this end I have invented a simple, cheap and efficient flier that may be used in connection with any spinning machinery where it is desired to twist a number of threads as they are undergoing the process of winding or weaving, etc.

With these and other objects in view I have herewith illustrated and described my invention, but it is fully understood that I do not confine myself to the exact construction as shown, as slight changes may be made in the construction and application without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings like reference figures indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

In the drawings :Figure 1, indicates a front elevation of my improved flier, showing a portion of the base board to which it is attached, and a spool in place, Fig. 2, is an end elevation of the same, showing the method of removing the spool. Fig. 3, is a plan view of moved. Fig. 4, is a vertical section of the socket bearing in which the flier is mounted. Fig. 5, is a plan view of the same. Fig. 6, is a side elevation of the tension pulleys and frame. Fig. 7, is a plan view of the tension pulleys and frame, showing the mode of adthe same, with the spool rejustably attaching same to frame of machine. Fig. 8, shows the method of attaching the flier to the machine and the arrangement of the different parts to produce the results attained.

In the drawings:-1, indicates the bearing-rail of the machine in which is mounted the bearing 2, which is formed with the head 3, forming a shoulder 4, which rests in contact with the upper surface of said bearingrail 1, while said bearing is retained in place by the nut 5, screwthreaded upon the lower end (f said bearing 2. Extending downwardly for a distance in said bearing 2, and concentric therewith, is provided the bearing socket 6, while the head of said bearing is further provided with the circular recess or oil-cup 7, which communicates with the socket 6, by the duct 8. Within said bearing socket 6, is rotatably mounted the spindle 9, to the upper end of which is secured the flier-head 10, which is formed with the pulleys 11, while to one side of said flier-head 10, is rigidly secured the bearing-arm 12, which terminates at its upper end in the hook 13. To the opposite side of said flier-head 10, and in a line with said bearing-arm 12, is secured the bearing-arm 14, in such a manner that it may be rotated but secured from being accidentally detached from said head. Said bearing-arm 14, is provided with the spindle arm 15, extending in a direction at rightangles to the arms 12, and 14, and being adapted to support the spool 16, and be retained in position by having its end 17, engaged by the hook 13, but which can be released from said hook 13, and turned down as shown in Fig. 2, for the removal of the spool 16.

The flier is revolved by an endless cord or belt passed around the pulley 11, thence over the tension pulleys 18, which are rotatably mounted upon the shaft 19, which is secured in the bearings 20, by the pins 21. Said bearings 20, are formed in the ends of the spring bracket 22, which is formed of the wire bent as shown in Fig. 7, to form the ad- 'usting slots 23, for adjustably securing said bracket to the bracket support, by the screws 33, and washers 34, and the bends 35, are placed in the arms of said bracket to provide elasticity to the bracket.

The operation of the device in connection with the other parts of a quilling machine, as herewith shown in Fig. 8, are as follows :-The flier being mounted upon the machine as before described, it is connected by the endless belt 26, which is passed over the pulley 27 mounted upon and rotated by the spindle 28, which is driven by the bevel friction gears 29, connected with the source of power. Near the other end of the spindle 28, is mounted the traverse 30, in the usual way to guide the thread to the quill, upon which it is wound. The threads are carried up from the spool over the guide pulleys 31, and 82,'and thence down to the traverse 30, and so to the quill.

The quill being carried on a spindle placed.

parallel to the traverse spindle and rotated in the same way, the thread is wound thereon and unwound from the spool; while at the same time the flier carrying the'spool is re volved by the belt26, and pulley, and the s 001 is revolved as the threads are taken t ierefrom and the thread is twisted, the number of'twists given per inch depending upon the speed at which the flier is revolved.

Having this described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a flier of the class described, comprising a head, a spool supporting bracket sectred to said head and consisting of an arm extending outwardly and upwardly from saidhead and terminating in a hook, and a spool spindle arm mounted on the oppositeside of said head and extending outwardly and upwardly in parallel relation to said first arm, with its spool spindle extending hori- Zontally over the top cf'said head and having its free end adapted to be engaged by the hooked end of said first arm, means for rotatably mounting said head upon the machine and means for rotating said head.

2. In a flier of the class described, a bearing formed with a vertical bearing socket, concentric therewith, an outer and an inner wall extending i. pward from the upper end of said bearing and forming an oil-crp between the sides thereof, a duct extending through the side of said inner wall and communicating between said oil-cups and said vertical bearing, a nut screwthreaded upon the lower end of said bearing and adapted to secure said bearing, a vertical head spindle rotatably mounted within said bearing, a head secured to the upper end of said spindle, a pulley secured to said head and adapted to rotate said head in said bearing, a spool bracket mounted upon said head, means for detachably securing a spool in said bracket, and means for rotating said head.

3. In a flier of the class described, comprising a head formed with a pulley concentric therewith, a depending and supporting spindle concentric therewith, and mounted in a suitable bearing, radial arms extending outwardly and upwardly from said head, a hookshaped cat-ch formed in the upper end of one of said arms, a horizontal spool spindle extending from the upper end of the other arm and adapted to have its end engaged by the hooked end of said arm, a vertical spindle secured to the under surface of said head and depending downward therefrom, a bearing socket formed with a socket adapted to receive said spindle, an oil-cup formed upon the top of said socket and communicating with said socket.

4. In a flier of the class described, comprising a spool-carrying-head rotatably mounted in a suitable bearing, a pulley secured to said head for rotating the same, a driving shaft suitably mounted an endless belt connecting said pulley to the driving shaft, a pair of tension pulleys bearing 7 against said belt, a spring bracket formed with bearings, a shaft jorrnaledin said bearings, and supporting said tension prlleys, and slots formed in the base of said bracket for adjustably securing said bracket.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. I

WILKINSON KNOWLES.

Witnesses:

CnAs. H. BOWMAN, MABEL L. LEFEVRE.. 

